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Quiet City

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A young woman (Erin Fisher) befriends a stranger (Cris Lankenau) at a subway platform, and together the pair experience New York City.

Critics Reviews

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Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 09/19/2007
Formally impressive but tedious. Go to Full Review
Nathan Rabin AV Club 09/01/2007
B-
In place of Before Sunrise's verbal fireworks, the aptly named Quiet City offers something more like linguistic sparklers -- modest, yes, but charming all the same. Go to Full Review
Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News 08/31/2007
3/4
Although the movie is hardly more ambitious than its young protagonists, there's a lot of value in a lazy day. Quiet City knows where to find it. Go to Full Review
Martin Tsai New York Sun 04/21/2023
While Mr. Katz observantly captures the spontaneity of middleclass kids bantering and knocking about Brooklyn, he doesn’t offer any analysis or profundity along the way. Go to Full Review
Dorothy Woodend The Tyee (British Columbia) 08/22/2017
Adulthood. . .looms on the horizon, but it is forestalled for an instant, or maybe forever. This lack of engagement with the world is both charming and maddening, and it made it difficult, for me at least, to truly like the characters. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 04/15/2009
A-
It's a wonderfully goofy movie that was a fun watch. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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11/11/2012 The second film from director Aaron Katz, Quiet City is an ode to genuine, loving human interaction. The story of two would be/could be lovers that incidentally cross paths in New York, the film is as quiet and modest as it's title suggests. The lead actors give competent partially improvised performances as their characters meander through the city getting to know each other and enjoying life in the patient and unpretentious way that many of us never find in another. The trust and ease that these characters give each other is infectious and illustrates the simple beauty that can be found in normal everyday life when we give it the chance. Nothing big or outrageous happens in this film and that's the point. Why spoil something so wonderful? See more 08/09/2012 A quiet, poetic gem of a film. Wonderful, naturalistic performances from both leads, and the story is subtly engaging and effective. See more 05/06/2012 I don't think this was a bad movie at all. It was simple and innocent and very genuine. A real feeling to the movie and great actors for getting nothing in return. I have heard it was made on a 2000 dollar budget. And for that and the simple little intimacy it had to it i applaud. Definatly rent first, but if your in a simple casual mood and want to look at the smaller details of a simple connection you should look this up. See more 04/30/2012 before sunrise?not quite ....im really not sure of this movie.. See more 03/20/2012 first Mumblecore works i've, not bad ... but not great . See more 11/15/2011 I remember liking this quite a bit. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A young woman (Erin Fisher) befriends a stranger (Cris Lankenau) at a subway platform, and together the pair experience New York City.
Director
Aaron Katz
Producer
Ben Stambler, Brendan McFadden
Screenwriter
Aaron Katz, Erin Fisher, Cris Lankenau
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Box Office (Gross USA)
$15.4K
Runtime
1h 18m